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Beowulf ([personal profile] beewulf) wrote in [community profile] avalononline2021-11-25 11:01 am

Video / un; Berserker - I'm back, from outer space

Alright, alright, Minako. I'm back just as I promised. Not a scratch on me or hair out of place either.

[He was currently outside in the cold, lighting up a grill. Looking rather bored; that itch was still there, gnawing away at his guts. It was hard to describe, it wasn't hunger, not entirely, but he did know what it was. And it was that knowledge of what the feeling is and what it's tied to that offers up a small frown from him.

A frown and just the barest hints of annoyance.]


Oh, and Master. If you're looking at this, make sure you stop by, I'm going to have some steaks going. I suppose you can come too if you want, Kadoc.

[This was all being addressed to specific people, sure. But he looked a little lost in thought, not even bothered by the cold as he stood out in it... with only a pair of pants on.

..."I'm gonna be a dragon steeeaakkk!"

And now you are.]
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-26 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well.

At least seeing Beowulf of all people out in the cold without a shirt on.. isn't too strange. If anyone would do that sort of thing, it's him. Besides, Minako can't really pay much attention to that - and that's saying something, considering how thirsty she is in general - when she's mostly just relieved to see that there's a video from him. ]


.. Are you sure about that part about the hair?

[ She's smiling though. Obviously just joking, but.. in a soft, relieved sort of way. She's very obviously just glad, more than anything else. ]

If I come check it out and there's even one out of place after all, you're going to get it!
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-28 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .. Minako never says no to a party, huh? ]

I guess I do need to see you so I can return something important to you.

[ Yes, of course she did hold on to it. And made sure it was safe all this time so she could return to him the moment he did show up again - this very moment. ]

I'll come right over, okay? I have some stuff to ask you anyway.
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-29 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He will definitely find out in a bit. And said 'bit' won't even have to take long. Basically right after Minako shuts down the feed, she's already grabing the heirloom he gave to her to keep safe, putting on her coat to protect herself from the cold, and then Minako is already heading out to where Beowulf is throwing his impromptu little barbeque party.

As as usually, Minako is noticable even from a distance. If not just for her sheer volume: ]


HEEEEEY!

[ .. then maybe it's just her appearance, long blonde hair flowing absolutely everywhere. She's running up to the other, and it's by some small miracle that she manages to stop by his side without managing to trip over snow or ice even once. ]

Look here! [ She holds out the little thing he gave her, as it lies there on the palm of her hand. ] I got it for you! Because you really did keep your promise to me.
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-30 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She just beams a smile up at him at the thanks - Minako is always grateful to receive praise, thanks for giving some of that sweet, sweet thanks just now!

Though it's not exactly what she wanted to ask. It was something she couldn't ask over the network in the first place, and it seems that not a whole lot of people have arrived here to Beowulf's barbeque yet - which works out for her, since it means they have a bit of privacy.

Something about Minako's facial expression seems to take a very sudden turn, growing a lot more serious in a split second. ]


What I wanted to ask.. [ Apparently it's got to be something pretty serious, huh. ] Were you the one who made that announcement about the dragon?

[ It's not a weird thing to assume, right? She has no idea who did post it, since there was no name attached to it, and he's the only person she knew who went after the dragon in the first place. ]
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-12-02 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Honestly, even if he hadn't shown her the device, she would have believed him just by his answer. She likes to think Beowulf wouldn't lie to her - especially since he trusted her with something important to him before, just because she was a little worried about him.

But it is 100% confirmation that it wasn't him, which is good either way.

It means Minako can instead focus on the question he's asking her here - and it's one that makes her frown. ]


No. [ Despite her answer, apparently. ] I think.. this is the best thing, in the end.

[ Especially when they couldn't have predicted whether or not the dragon may have attacked something else again. Killing is cruel, Minako knows, but sometimes also necessary. ]

I'm more worried by how divided it seems to be making all of us.
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-12-05 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Talk about total tonal whiplash.

Minako herself sure didn't see it coming - and it's evident too, just by the fact of how surprised she looks when Beowulf's speech suddenly takes a turn like that. Her eyes grow a little wider, making her look younger again in her surprise, closer to her usual age than the weird ageless mood that seems to come over Minako when she gets serious. ]


Huh?

[ Yes, very much genuinely caught off guard here. ]

O-Oh! I mean.. The most important part is for all of us to remember that we're all in this together, right..? I don't know how people could forget that and get so mean to each other over something that's..

[ Her voice trails off, and she shakes her head. ]

Well, it's not meaningless, exactly. [ The dragon problem was a big one. ] But it doesn't feel like it's important enough to actually divide ourselves over at all!
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-12-07 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think that'll be enough to smooth things over?

[ She's genuinely curious. Maybe Minako is thinking a little bit too much of the past, but after witnessing the way the unrest on Earth grew and grew until its people were so fed up that they started attacking the Moon Kingdom - she can't help but worry.

Sure, this problem still seems relatively small too, but you never know when something might snowball out of control. Maybe she's a bit of a worrywart, though she'd never admit to it herself.

It leaves her looking pretty vulnerable in this moment. Like she's really looking towards him for guidance, in a way that's much less ditzy than her usual antics. ]


I'm sure everyone will have fun, yes, but.. does that mean they'll stop blaming each other? That they'll be able to just leave this thing in the past?

[ It's hard to tell for her, especially since it's not like she knows everyone in this place. A whole lot of people who were arguing about the dragon incident were total strangers to her. ]
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-12-12 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ To share food and drink, huh.

While he's over here barbecuing. Subtle. But Minako doesn't necessarily think he's wrong. She just hopes that it'll be enough. That people get to know each other with an open heart, and actually try to get along and work together towards making this place better, rather than letting loss and pain and confusion and worry get the better of them.

.. She slowly releases a breath, trying to ease some of the tension that's been resting heavy on her shoulders. ]


In that case, I thiiink you might have to grill some more meat if you're going to invite the entire city to a barbecue. [ It's just a joke, a gentle tease. Which seems to be confirmed by both the tone she's using and the smile she's got on her face. ]
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[personal profile] owarifool 2021-11-28 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Honestly, after how their last conversation went, Kipposhi wasn't sure how to start this one, though it had been gnawing at him that things had ended up so sour. And it wasn't as if he didn't know why, but Feeling A Thing and Talking About A Thing were two different skills and man did he fucking suck at the latter.

Still... ]


hey

[ ... he might as well try. ]
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[personal profile] owarifool 2021-11-28 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He thinks about it, for a solid minute, to switch to video too, but... Nah. Maybe it's cowardice, but he's at least sure he'll say what he means to say if he's not having to have his face out there. ]

i should say that, too. i overreacted.

its


not easy for me to deal with ppl whove seen me at something as vulnerable as "at the edge of death" u kno.
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[personal profile] owarifool 2021-11-29 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He could tell what Beowulf was angling at, and he didn't blame him, but... ]

i appreciate it, but for now, i dont think i could make it through without getting frustrated. at myself, at something else.

[ At Beowulf. Again. ]

so maybe its best left alone for the moment.
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[personal profile] owarifool 2021-11-29 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
i gotta get ready for work, so i'll have to pass, and not for me-being-emotionally-dumb reasons.

but


im thankful for the offer. and ill make it up to u, sometime. probably over this bootleg sake i bought.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-11-29 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ritsuka sees the video, and since she's out and about, he gets a text that's just a thumb's-up emoji in response.

It takes her about fifteen minutes, and she shows up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, wrapped in a puffy coat and an equally fat scarf that hides about half her face. When she actually sees him, she waves, breaking into a trot over to him. ]


This isn't really the time of year for grilling, is it? But I'm ready. I had a pretty light breakfast this morning--I'm ready to be fed.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-11-29 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
No way. I've gotta keep an eye on my girlish figure.

[ She manages to say it mostly deadpan, fluffing herself a little in her coat. Really, she's not as active as she was in Chaldea, but she still spends more time running around than not, especially as she's gotten used to this Camelot. ]

The mystic code is actually working fine, I just didn't want people looking at me weird because I was walking around with bare legs. It smells good, though.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-12-01 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
I don't wanna work hard in the future, I wanna keep a baseline of work that I'm used to. I get to wear actual cute different stuff here, I wanna be able to fit into it.

[ But of course she flits closer while he flips the meat, not quite under his arm. It smells good! She's ready to eat! ]

But if you've got a problem with the design, you're gonna have to take it up with Da Vinci. I think she worked with the rest of the staff to make it work, but she's definitely the one who designed the look. I've seen the sketches in her office.

[ And she's been called in for fittings... which, to be fair, the stuff does fit, even if it sometimes shows more leg than she's entirely expecting. ]

You guys are the best, though. Please feed me.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-12-03 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I've always been a regular girl! It's just my circumstances that are more than that.

[ It's not a self-confidence thing; if anything, Ritsuka takes pride in being ordinary. In her heart of hearts, she likes to think that anyone could do what she's done, and that's proof of the best parts of humanity: that even in a terrible, hopeless situation, they can rise up and overcome.

But beyond that... she can't help it--she chokes on a brief giggle at the idea of Beowulf wearing the same mystic code. He could probably rock it with the legs, but honestly? He probably would be a little too much for the chest area. ]


I'll be good! I can be patient. Especially when the payoff is better if I do.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-12-04 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the most ordinary girl you'll ever meet.

[ She's proud of that, too. Even an ordinary girl can be friends with extraordinary people.

And honestly, grey meat is still better than some of the stuff she's had to eat over the past few years. At least she can recognize dragons or lizards, versus whatever goes into the creation of any of the variety of demonic beasts. And she stays hovering close, though she sidesteps his gestures automatically, without thinking; she's gotten good at moving with and around Servants. ]


Is there anything I can do to help? Maybe I'm not the best cook, but I can help with setting things up, or putting things away.
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[personal profile] fujimaru 2021-12-06 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
That's right!

[ It's true on a multitude of levels. Someday, in the theoretical future where they've fixed everything--she might someday encounter another version of him, in a different Holy Grail War, and he won't know her. And she's not entirely okay with that, but... that can be something to work on. The Beowulf here is the one she knows, and that's what matters. ]

I'll go check on her. One sec!

[ And off she goes, a neat little trot to head inside and see what's up. ]
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-11-29 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Are you outside grilling, shirtless, in November?

[Obviously yes. That's clearly what he's doing! There he is, plain as day! But Kadoc has to ask anyway, just to hammer home the point.]

You're sure you didn't forget you're not a Servant anymore?
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-11-30 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Yeah, sure. I'll be there in half an hour.

[This has got to be one of the weirdest invitations he's ever received, but you know what? Not about to turn it down. That steak is actually dragon, right? Wait, is he going to get cursed for this or something? . . . He can think about that on the way, and also about what the girls might think about being invited over for dinner by a shirtless man who looks and cooks like Beowulf. Do they like it? Does Kadoc like it? It almost feels like a waste not to? Awaken, his bisexuality! . . . It's not happening.

This is what's going to occupy his mind as he walks, dressed in a fluffy warm coat of his own, hands shoved in his pockets as he trudges through the snow. The smell of cooking meat will definitely guide him to the exact location.]
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-12-01 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hey to you too.

[But the lack of greeting makes him smile more genuinely than an actual greeting would. It's hard to deal with people being nice to him; it's not hard to deal with people being curt with him, especially people who have every reason to maintain some wariness in his general direction. He drifts over to get a peek at the grill, and also just because he's drawn in by that smell like a magnet. A nose magnet. Kadoc is not exactly a foodie, but living with Gareth has helped reawaken his appetite somewhat these past months, and a steak grilling is a steak grilling. Who can ever resist that?]

. . . Just to get this outta the way. That is dragon meat, and you're what percent sure that eating it isn't going to screw me over somehow?
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-12-03 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
You might've noticed I'm a paranoid person. But that aside, more things here manage to curse me than I expect, so I don't exactly blame myself. Someone turned my hand into a balloon with a wild curse just a few days ago.

[Ech. The memory of that was still fresh. Talk about disturbing! And hilarious, but only to outsiders, and maybe to Kadoc someday far in the future. That time is not yet; he grimaces. He was not already grimacing at the thought of a well-done steak, which is how you know food is not a hobby of his.]
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-12-06 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
I—you do? I didn't even . . . it's not like I managed to find the dragon for us.

[That segue is also concerning! Kadoc's not sure if he's more surprised to be offered anything at all, or that it comes on the tail of discussing reanimating a corpse. It's probably not related to that part!

And yet he wants to know what it is. Of course he does. Even this Debbie Downer gets a little bit hype at hearing someone has something for him.]
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[personal profile] impostorsyndrome 2021-12-13 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoa. Cool . . . in fact, as Kadoc tentatively reaches out to touch it, for a moment that's the only thing he can think of to say:]

. . . Cool.

[Right now, he's just a young man who likes rad things like fuckin' dragon leather, which is so hardcore?!]

You sure? I mean, if you are, I'll take it. I can find plenty to do with it. Just . . . damn.